It doesn’t get much lonelier than being a gay man in Russia right now. Unless
you’re a gay woman in Russia.

But Russian lesbians have something to cheer this month with the launch of the
country’s only printed glossy magazine designed for them.

Against a backdrop of escalating homophobia and with a new nationwide law
against “homosexual propaganda” expected imminently, Agens has
gone on sale in Moscow with an initial print-run of just 999 copies.

According to the website gay.ru, there have been two previous failed attempts
to launch a lesbian-oriented publication in Russia. The country’s only
glossy magazine for